Next week is...

Samara at the church building. Yeah! I'm working on updating the schedule but Aidan decided to take a nap on my lap so I'm typing a little slow. Kristyn I will try to make it fancy for you again!

Old Hat

That's right. I'm an old hat at this now because I have finished two complete weeks! Woo Hoo! Ya right! I'm still learning. I think the biggest lesson learned for me is flexibility. Be ready to change things up if needed. Also, so grateful for the helper (Lindsay). Couldn't have made it without her. Rain really brings out the best in kids, no? I think they are really going to enjoy having the cultural hall to run around in. I was hoping there wouldn't be rain so we could go outside and enjoy a game of "red light green light" 0r just kicking around some balls.

So I changed things up a bit for myself this week. Here is a sketch of how my days went.

1. Question of the day
2. Reading time
3. Song time
4. Craft time
5. Play time
6. Snack time
7. Craft time
8. Play time

I stuck a play time in the middle to give them a chance to get the wiggles out. Then I used snack time to bring them back in. I find food is a great bribe and my kids will probably be obese because of it. On Monday I gave them popsicles. Tiny ones. Big hit. Today I used them as a bribe to get them to clean up before leaving. Again. Big hit. I don't care if that box of popsicles costs 20 bucks. So worth it. They don't really. They are Mighty Mini melts or something like that. We could probably eat them in one bite but they are great for the kiddos.

Today I also did a color sort game. Got the idea from Lindsay who did it with conversation hearts. Worked for about two minutes. :) Good thing it wasn't my only activity. And if it was that's okay too, right, because children learn through play.

The letters I reviewed were V and T. V for Vase and T for Tree.

We sang "If you're Happy and you know it" and "Wheels on the Bus"

I totally forgot about my question of the day today.

Behavior-the kids were way better than the first time I had them when it rained. Of course, they are kids so we did have a few bumps. But that is what this is all about. Learning how to interact and play with others. If they learn a few colors, letters and numbers along the way-Hooray!

But I won't lie.....I'm really looking forward to just being a helper next week. :)

Needed

Hi All!!

Can you please save your egg cartons no matter the size? I have been saving for a bit but I'm about to use almost my entire stash which isn't a problem. I just want to make sure to replenish for future projects. Same with toilet paper and paper towel tubes. I have a drawer to stash it all away.

Also, I'm planning on some serious painting for Monday. Can you dress them in something you don't care about or send them with a smock? I will be putting trash bags on them as well. :)

Pics from our Guest Teacher Day

For all the pics to download...click here.

Updated teaching schedules

We decided to take last week off to make sure the flu is finally past so next week we will be starting up again! I've updated the schedule so we're good again. Let me know if you see any changes.  Just to let you know...I switched with Jennifer during Aidan's bday week and then I switched with Kristen the next week since my brain will still be buzzing with cake.  I brought this all on myself.
Hopefully everyone is feeling better and we can start anew next week.  I actually enjoyed our little spring break.
Also I still need to blog on my teaching day and I took some really cute pics too of the kids playing dress up that as soon as I find my camera I will post.  You know how that is.